 Thanks for checking out this video. So this is basically my holiday haul video Which I think I'm actually gonna end up calling it that So for the holidays actually did gift exchange like a name exchange thing with my wife side of the family So I ended up just putting on my list of things. I wanted just blue rays I mean, that's pretty much it and I told my wife for what you know, she and I exchange I just want blue rays because I mean during these pandemic times I pretty much just been watching movies and I found plenty of films that I really Enjoy and would like to own as well as films that I haven't seen one of a few of them are actually ones I haven't seen before that I really want to check out because I've heard good things. So Yeah, so let's go ahead and get into it By the way, just a disclaimer on it. It was a socially distanced holiday celebration we basically just drove up and dropped off gifts and You know Opened them over a zoom. So that's kind of how we did things. So we were very responsible with it Like hopefully everyone was anyway the first film that I got I haven't actually seen this one And I've been very interested in it because I've heard good things and it sounds and looks interesting to me And that's April Fool's Day So very interested to get into this one when I do I will obviously have a review of it up on my channel Probably sometime January February ish So yeah, so look forward to this and go ahead and put some comments down there Have you seen April Fool's Day? No spoilers, but tell me what are your thoughts good bad? What do you think you think I'm gonna like it you think I'm not gonna like it just curious But I will be checking it out regardless because obviously I own it now So was excited to get that also excited to get this and some people may be surprised that I didn't already own this film I'm kind of surprised. I didn't already own it because it is one of the best Werewolf films out there probably top five in my opinion and that is ginger snaps I've seen this movie a decent amount of times. I did a review for it this I think was this year So this year or last year. So there is a review for it on my channel at the moment Awesome awesome awesome werewolf film if you have not seen this just watch it especially if you like werewolves are really well done Great thematic stuff going on in this film good subtext Love it. I'm very excited to have it now So I can just grab it whenever and that goes kind of speaks to one of the other main reasons I'm focusing so much on getting physical media now, which is we're kind of getting to a point where streaming is becoming so popular That some of these things may be hard to get your hands on Eventually we might get to a point where you know Blu-ray is not as available The other thing is there are you know reissues and initial issue issuing of Blu-rays and DVDs and things like that that Go out of print and then how are you gonna get a hold of it? And if it's not streaming on a service then how can you see that particular film that you're really looking for? So for me when I find films that I really really dig That's why I'm going to be buying them and making sure I have them on hand so I go watch them So yeah, the next one is a film I just watched Yeah within the past month or so because I've been on my big giallo kick my Italian giallo kick If you don't know about that You need to watch giallo shudder at the moment has a lot and including this film in particular And that is the strange vice of mrs. Ward. This was obtained from Severin films Who put it out and this is a really good giallo film that I hadn't seen before done by Sergio Martino? Crazy amount of twists at the end of this I'm not gonna spoil anything But if you'd like giallo and you have not seen the strange vice of mrs. Ward you need to also having seen this one and The case of the bloody iris and all the colors of the dark which I also have reviews for on my channel I got a thing for edwish finneck that that's her Really got a thing for edwish finneck now. I don't get things for actresses typically, but there's something about her There's it's just there's something. I don't know. There's a certain charm when she's on camera, but anyway Very excited to have this on hand to rewatch it also if you are into giallo I have an entire playlist on my channel of it giallo reviews by the end of January there should be about 25 Giallo reviews in that playlist. So yeah So the next one this is a film that whenever I talk to someone who's seen it they always say they love it, but I don't hear people talk about it enough and That is the autopsy of Jane though if you have not seen this film and you're a horror fan This is a must in my opinion the atmosphere that's created with this film is amazing the pacing of it is amazing just the gradual Unvailing of in like bits of knowledge that you need for the overall story for this film and then the reveal of what the overall story is for This film awesome meal Hirsch Brian Cox super great in this film It's a wonderful film to watch. I love it every time when I when I unwrap this I was like looking at this right now it just makes me want to pop it in and watch it immediately and Holding it up right now makes me want to go watch it now. So I actually might do that Love that film. Glad it's in my collection now now Though those were all from my wife's family. Thank you very much Emily bowling and dawn bowling In particular. Oh and also dawn my mother-in-law has also gotten me a gift card For diabolic DVD, which if you've been watching my channel, you know, I love to purchase from diabolic DVD So once they reopen everything in the new year on their site I'm gonna be hitting some stuff up and obviously I'll have a haul video for that So look forward to that. So my wife got me two collections of films Excited about both of them for different reasons. So the first one if you've been paying attention to my Channel, you know that since the pandemic happened there have been certain films that I've really wanted to dig into and one of Those was the tremor films So I went through with my wife and watched all seven of the tremors films and watched the TV series And she got me the complete blu-ray seven movie collection of tremors And yes, that means it does include tremors Shrieker Island, which just came out this October Which is definitely worth watching if you like any tremors films, you will probably like Shrieker Island It's it is well done. I really enjoyed it So I'm very excited to have all of the tremors films because I see in my kind of near future Sitting down and watching through all of them Although not gonna be that excited when I get to number four back to the beginning because or the legend begins because That one sucks. That's the worst and also a cold day in hell number number six That is also not good But other than that, I love them all and I am planning on getting Spoiler for a future haul video. I have ordered the TV series On DVD because it's not on blu-ray. They never released it that way They should have so very excited about this very glad and then the last thing is a big one And this one was inspired by another youtuber Christina Arntz Who's also a actress who's been in horror films and she's a really cool person You should definitely check out her YouTube channel. She is awesome. She has really good videos and she's a really open person That's one of the great things. I love about her channel is how forthcoming she is with you know struggles in her life and All sorts of stuff. She's she's pretty awesome. So check it out. Her last name is arn tz Christina Arntz and it's Christina with K. So she had gotten this collection of films and that gave me the idea To give my wife the idea to get it for me for Christmas. So she did and I'm very excited and that is the universal classic monsters 30 film collection. Yeah, it looks huge now My main reason for wanting this was kind of what you know, Christina had said when when she had Revealed that she got the same thing, which is I've not seen any of these films and this is horror History like this is the foundation for a lot of horror characters and horror in general So I just feel like it's important for me to go back and make sure I've finally seen this so that in the future I can be watching a film and say hey I see a parallel from one of these films. I see where we went from this to this over time I love getting into kind of the history of horror and horror films and seeing all the influences in films over time So I think this will help greatly with that. It's also really cool because it's broken down into Different creatures, you know, you have Phantom of the Opera creature from the Black Lagoon Which I'm most interested in Dracula the Wolfman the Mummy the Invisible Man and Frankenstein Really really cool So one of the other things I said I'm really interested in the creature from the Black Lagoon stuff But I'm also very interested in the Abbott and Costello meet whoever films. I mean they have They have them meeting the Mummy The Invisible Man and Frankenstein I'm just very interested to find out what the fusion of comedy and horror was like back then because these films range from 1931 which was the original Dracula all the way to the 1956 the creature walks among us. So I haven't seen many films from that time period I think the only one I've really seen is white zombie, which is definitely worth watching in my opinion Oh black was black Sabbath during that time period black Sabbath may have been as well or I'm sorry black Sunday black Sunday Both Mario Baba films I get them confused from time to time, but very very very very excited for this I will be doing reviews for this as I go through it It won't be all at once. I don't think I'm not going to take like one month and work all the way through it and do Reviews I'm going to take my time probably more with it because I'll just you know I'll just sprinkle them maybe throughout next year But one thing I want in the comments is if people have seen a decent amount of the Universal Monster films What are your favorites? Like what ones should I really be looking forward to what ones do you think I'm really gonna enjoy? The one I've heard the most about from people is the Bride of Frankenstein That is the one that so many people say. Oh, it's it's crazy, but it's awesome So I'm already excited about that one in addition to the creature from the black lagoon and the ebb and castella ones But get me excited. Help me get more excited. What other ones? But yeah, that's it. So Awesome haul. I feel very fortunate that I was able to you know Do some sort of exchange celebrate in some way during this pandemic situation and also I'm fortunate that you know I'm not someone who's out of work. I still have the job that I had had prior So I I feel for anyone who is in a worse situation So I am very sorry for that. So hopefully me doing this video isn't presenting itself as me kind of flaunting what some people don't have I'm just kind of doing it for entertainment value I know some people like to know what other people are buying and watching and stuff like that. So Don't take it the wrong way, but regardless. I hope everyone's doing well Let's talk in the comments. I do appreciate everyone checking this out and until next time keep it brutal